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2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action

Timo von Gunten, Kristóf Deák

The 2017 OSCAR® nominated short films, live action: Midenki (Sing), Silent Nights, Timecode, Ennemis Interieurs (Enemies Within), La Femme et le TGV (The Woman and the TGV).

Ladyboy

Aske Bang

Casper Castello, Birthe Neumann

Kristian, who is a transvestite, still lives at home with his mother Emma, because she loves him just the way he is. Life as a transvestite offers many humiliations from the outside world, but with his mom, Kristian feels that he can be himself. Until one day when Emma meets the alcoholic Søren, who does not have the same tolerance...

Intet kan røre mig

Milad Alami

Coco Hjardemaal, Aske Bang

The outsider Katrine survives a school shooting and is the only one to see who the shooter is. The hunt for the boy begins, and slowly Katrine realizes that she has more in common with him than any of her other classmates.

Kursk

Thomas Vinterberg

Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.

Lille soldat

Annette K. Olesen

Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown

A soldier returning from war is hired by her own father to drive his prostitutes around town. She calls upon herself to help one of them.

Den fremmede

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Sebastian Jessen, Sandra Yi Sencindiver

Tommy is not doing much of anything with his life or the money he has inherited except smoking weed. His parents have high hopes for him and he is bound to disappoint them. Then one day a Thai prostitute on the run from criminal forces her way into his apartment and Tommy finds himself at a crossroad.

The Danish Boys

Mathias Broe, Martin Reinhard

Claes Bang, Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum

In a Copenhagen motel, a politician's hookup doesn't go to plan. Meanwhile at a nightclub, a mother and son are connected via song. Whereas in the suburbs, a football team prepares for the big outing - of one of its players. The 5 short films are: Hotel Boy (2018); Poz (2016); Young Man's Dance [Ung mands dans] (2014); Swans [Svans] (2016); Ladyboy (2011).

I blodet

Rasmus Heisterberg

Victoria Carmen Sonne, Mads Reuther

It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it’s also a time of unrest and change among the boys. Dreams shatter, love hurts, and friendships dissolve.

Krudttønden

Ole Christian Madsen

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jakob Oftebro

Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.

Midtimellem

Henrik Kolind

Aske Bang, Ole Boisen

The film takes place over a day for two young people's lives. There they meet each other and the a number of people in the streets, each in their own way in a quiet humdrum tone tells about the need to be present. The film is simultaneously both a tribute to the city of Copenhagen and life in general.

3 Things

Jens Dahl

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Before entering the witness protection program, bank robber Mikael demands 3 things from the police. 3 things that cast a whole new light on the robbery he and his partners have been jailed for.

Silent Nights

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Malene Beltoft Olsen, Prince Yaw Appiah

The drama chronicles the affair between Inger, a young Danish woman from Copenhagen, and Kwame, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, that she meets while volunteering at a homeless shelter. Despite their cultural differences, and the disapproval of Inger’s own mother, the two quickly develop a strong bond and move in together. Everything seems perfect and serendipitous, but then Inger discovers a devastating secret that Kwame has kept hidden.

Antboy

Ask Hasselbalch

Oscar Dietz, Amalie Kruse Jensen

12-year-old Pelle accidentally gets bitten by an ant and develops unimaginable superpowers. With help from his friend, comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle creates a secret identity as the superhero Antboy. Slowly things start to happen in the surburban community, and when a scary and crazy supervillain, Flea, enters the scene, Antboy must step up to the challenge. The first Danish superhero-movie. Based on the books by Kenneth Bøgh Andersen.

Pussy

Ville Gideon Sörman

Aske Bang, Simon Bennebjerg

Oliver feels that his life is at a standstill. A change is needed. To get his life going in a new direction he must do something radical, and the solution might be to break up with his girlfriend Signe. However, that turns out to be harder than he had expected.

Dværgen og luderen

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Dan Jacobsen, Solveig Kallenbach

The dwarf Jacob has a hard time finding true love. He therefore spies on his neighbor, the prostitute Laila.

Fly On the Wings of Love

Allan Hyde, Aske Bang

Allan Hyde, Aske Bang